Friday, July 17, 2009

Knightea Fish Fossil

Here is an image of a fossilized fish from the Green River Basin located in the state of Wyoming. It one on display at the Indiana University Southeast (New Albany, Indiana) Geosciences Department. It is called Knightea (the entry for it on Wikipedia refers to as Knightia) and existed in the Eocene Epoch. This fossil is also the official state fossil of Wyoming.



Thursday, July 16, 2009

Propora papillata Coral

Here is a Middle Silurian Period coral found in the Louisville Limestone. It is probably a Propora papillata or Lyellia papillata indentified by Rominger in 1876.

I used E.C. Stumm's Silurian and Devonian Corals of the Falls of the Ohio page 58 description and plate 56 figures 10-13.

This fossil was found in Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County).


Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Aulocystis frutectosa Coral

This tabulate "tube" coral was from the Middle Devonian Period. It is called Aulocystis frutectosa and was found in the Beechwood Limestone found in Clark County, Indiana.